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work, the same as we frequently find the benefit of giving 

 them their exercise in a different locality. The brown fel- 

 low, I expect, has the harness on. Hitch him to the sulky, 

 jog him quietly twice round the track ; the third time let 

 him go about a four-minute gait, till you get half way 

 down the stretch, when you can drive him nearly to the 

 top of his speed to the stand ; pull him up on the turn, 

 as I want to see how he breathes. You can then jog him 

 leisurely the reverse way of the track, twice round, and 

 drive him to the barn. 



PUPIL. I hope I followed the directions to your satis- 

 faction. He was eager to go when allowed to move faster 

 than was customary, and he did not half like being pulled 

 up after so short a brush. 



PRECEPTOK. Your driving was worthy of commendation, 

 and the horse performed even better than I anticipated. 

 The action of his lungs and heart is very much impeded 

 by inside fat, and to have kept him at the same speed, 

 that you drove the two hundred yards for half or three- 

 quarters of a mile, would have overworked him, and caused 

 serious injury. He has speed enough to trot in the very 

 best company ; and with a moderate share of good luck, I 

 think we will be successful in his preparation. The rea- 

 sons I had for directing you to open him that short dis- 

 tance, I will give you in the conversation we will have 

 on sweating, its effects and uses. Your presence not be- 

 ing required at the stable till after dinner, we will go to 

 the house, where our seat on the piazza will be more com- 

 fortable, and where our attention will not be so likely to 

 be distracted as when in the immediate neighborhood of 

 the horses. Jane and the Falcon, I suppose, worked 

 kindly. 



PUPIL. Neither of them gave me any trouble, but I 

 would not like to bet on being able to pull Madam Jane 



